• Do I have to register?
• What do the symbols mean?
• How can I use smilies and images?
• What are Moderators?
• Are cookies used?
• What are active topics?
• Can I edit my own posts?
• Can I attach files?
• Can I search?
• Can I attach my own signature to my posts?
• Can I be notified by email if someone responds to my topic?

Registration is not required to view current topics on the Bulletin Board; however, if you wish to post a new topic or reply to an existing topic registration is required.  Registration is a free extension to Lifestyle Memberships and only takes a few moments.  The only required fields are your UserName, which may be your real name or a nickname, and a valid e-mail address.  The information you provide during registration is not outsourced or used for any advertising by .  If you believe someone is sending you advertisements as a result of the information you provided through your registration, please notify us immediately.

You might see the following symbols on a posting:

PROFILE Click this to find out more about the person who posted the message. EMAIL Click this to send the person who posted the message an email. EDIT If you posted a message and you want to change it, you can click this to edit it. Note - only the person who posted the message can edit it..

You've probably seen others use smilies before in email messages or other bulletin board posts. Smilies are keyboard characters used to convey an emotion, such as a smile or a frown . This bulletin board automatically converts certain text to a graphical representation when it is inserted between brackets [].  Here are the smilies that are currently supported by :

smile [:)] tongue [:P] wink [;)] frown [:(]

Moderators control individual forums. They may edit, delete, or prune any posts in their forums.

These Forums use cookies to store the following information: the last time you logged in, your UserName and your Password, if you set it in preferences. These cookies are stored on your hard drive. Cookies are not used to track your movement or perform any function other than to enhance your use of these forums.

You may delete all cookies set by these forums in selecting the "logout" button at the top of any page.

You may edit or delete your own posts at any time. Just go to the topic where the post to be edited or deleted is located and you will see a edit icon () on the line that begins "posted on..." Click on this icon to edit or delete the post. No one else can edit your post, except for the forum Moderator or the bulletin board administrator.

For security reasons, you may not attach files to any posts. However, you may cut and paste text into your post.

You may search for specific posts based on a word or words found in the posts, user name, date, and particular forum(s). Simply click on the "search" link at the top of most pages.

When you create a new topic, you have the option of receiving an email notification every time someone posts a reply to your topic. If you wish to use this feature, simply check the email notification box on the "New Topic" page when you create your new topic.

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